Calgary says goodbye to children’s television icon Ron 'Buck Shot' Barge

Hundreds gathered Friday for Ron 'Buck Shot' Barge's funeral, remembering a decades-long life of entertaining young audiences on TV

Ron (Buck Shot) Barge’s family bid a final farewell to the Calgary children’s TV legend’s on Friday.

The Calgary icon graced television screens through four decades as a kids’ TV personality, becoming something of a famous public figure southern Albertans fondly remember to this day. It was on display at Friday’s service as rows of family, friends and admirers gathered at the memorial service in northeast Calgary.